 | Richard Laermer - 2002 - 420 Seiten
...what's with this City Life magazine? Who funded that!) As Jefferson remarked sometime a long way back: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to choose the latter." Amen. And a new slogan for us. Since time is of the essence for most information... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 2003 - 276 Seiten
...and particular governments. January 16,1787 On the importance of freedom of the press. (MCMII, 64) I am persuaded myself, that the good sense of the...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. January 16, 1787 On the dangers of oppressive government. (MCM II, 85) I am convinced that those societies... | |
 | Ian Hargreaves - 2003 - 320 Seiten
...of newspapers when he wrote in 1787 to Colonel Edward Carrington that: 'The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.' It is important to remember that these early English and American newspapers were not the first in... | |
 | Nan Levinson - 2003 - 388 Seiten
...function has not been lost on statesmen and jurists throughout our history. Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."18 Nearly two centuries later, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black affirmed the sentiment, saying,... | |
 | James A. Curry, Richard B. Riley, Richard M. Battistoni - 2003 - 660 Seiten
...critical role performed by a free press. He noted in a letter to his friend Edward Carrington in 1787, "[w]ere it left to me to decide whether we should...government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."3 He deeply regretted the omission of any reference to a free press in the new Constitution... | |
 | Susan Dudley Gold - 2006 - 152 Seiten
...newspapers played in protecting liberty. He expressed that view in 1787: The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. In England and the United States, the press's role in government and society gained in importance.... | |
 | Alan M. Dershowitz - 2004 - 282 Seiten
...Thomas Jefferson was guilty of the double standard. Before he held high office, he famously quipped, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." But after twenty years of public service, his views changed. In 1807 he said of his formerly beloved newspapers:... | |
 | Susan Dunn - 2004 - 396 Seiten
...Jefferson, the press was the "bulwark of liberty." In 1787 he had made the unforgettable pronouncement that "were it left to me to decide whether we should have...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." What could be more crucial in a democracy, asked Benjamin Franklin, than the open political forum provided... | |
 | Adam Gamble, Takesato Watanabe - 2004 - 474 Seiten
...properly informed. Thomas Jefferson, widely considered the father of modern democracy, famously declared, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."2 Of course, freedom of speech and of the press are not enshrined solely so that we are informed... | |
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The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not... 
